CVE-2024-21351

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-02-13. Federal remediation due 2024-03-05.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

30.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 98.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.6 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-10.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-02-13 18:02Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-10 17:52Z25 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2023-12-08

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.6)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Weaknesses

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

86da1373b7b52dfdfae70f873e77ada3bf63baf350225a47871d1924f5497dcd

• msrc.microsoft.comWindows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilityhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-21351vendor-advisorypatch
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-21351government-resource